{"product_id":"the-sack-of-rome","title":"The Sack of Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is E. R. Chamberlins account of one of the great tragedies of history. It was a tragedy that nobody intended  but it cost the lives of thousands and brought a way of life to an end. The author traces the origins of the tragedy through the personalities of the people whose miscalculations brought it about: Charles  Duke of Bourbon  leader of the army  who was killed at the moment of assault  leaving it leaderless and doubly dangerous; Franois I  the brilliant  hedonistic King of France  who drove Bourbon to treason and so helped start the avalanche; Frundsburg  the giant German who brought his \"landsknechts\" across the Alps to march on Rome with the Frenchmen he despised; the Emperor Charles V  the deeply religious man who nevertheless unleashed his army to teach \"that villain of a pope\" a lesson; and the Pope himself  the scholarly  timorous Medici Pope  Clement VII  whose vacillations provided the final trigger for the catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968235958325,"sku":"ByrdShop_0880290676","price":59.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780880290678_28c6b852-cc0e-4ff3-b246-6c2a2de98939.jpg?v=1772670995","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sack-of-rome","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}